Hey guys, while we're on this new thread. I have started getting a few 1988 ARIA charts, but only about five so far. Does anybody have the complete set, and if so would you be willing to send them to me, you would be greatly rewarded for your efforts. (chartwise not money-wise).

Thanks Chartboi & Bulion once again. I'm not surprised that 'According To My Heart' originally recorded by Jim Reeves didn't chart. It is a country standard but I thought it might of had a chance considering it was realesed in 1956. Btw The Reels version of this is atrocious!

Thanks for that Craig I thought that "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child o' Mine" would have peaked higher than that, because I've seen on here that they only peaked at those positions, but because australian-charts only details info from 1989 onwards in singles, I thought maybe they would have reached their peak position earlier in 1988?

Prior to 1990, I've only got ARIA Top 50 information. According to the Kent Report, Sweet Child O' Mine peaked at #10 and spent 29 wks in their Top 100, Welcome To The Jungle peaked at #37 (12 wks), Paradise City peaked at #40 (11wks), Patience peaked at #16 (22 wks) and Nightrain peaked at #74 (5wks). BeansterBarnes says that Nightrain peaked at #89 on ARIA, which is probably right.

I'm only up to early 2000 in my database, but of course after this point there was "Greatest Hits" which peaked at #6 and spent a VERY long time in the Top 100, but I am not yet able to confirm exactly how long. And if any of the above albums have re-entered since the beginning of 2000, I don't have that info entered yet either, I'm afraid. Also, please note that the entry dates for Appetite For Destruction and G N' R Lies apply to Top 50, not Top 100.

The earlier 7800 Degress and self-titled albums charted for the first time after Slippery became big, as new fans wanted to see what else they'd done previously.Also "Runaway" was almost a hit, reaching 105 in 1985.

Ok, who has got the rights to the years before 1989? Are there some official charts or only "inofficial"?

Perhaps we could ask to publish those charts on this page.

I would say put the older charts only if you're asked in this thread because we have some experience over the years with charts and rights... (swisscharts.com as the "original page" exists since 1995) Last edited: 24/04/2008 16:49

ARIA's first chart had a publication date of Week Ending 26-June 1988. The first No.1 was "The Flame" by Cheap Trick. Previous to the ARIA Charts there was only the David Kent Report, later changed to Australian Music Report, which ran from 1974 through until the end of 1998, although in-house charts were continued on, and this information can be found in David's book 1993-2005.In 1965, the teen-pop magazine Go-Set published charts which can now be found on a set-up website, but these charts weren't slanted towards state populations initially, thus giving equal points to each states information, meaning No.1 only Tasmanian singles could scores as many points as the Sydney No.1. This was later amended, and the Go-Set Top 50 charts ran through until the mid 70's. David Kent has gone back to January 1940 and from 1955 onwards has reconstructed the charts, using each states multiple charts to get an overall and mostly accurate assessment of the songs that were charting from 1955 thru to where his July 1974 charts commenced.So we do have a chart run of 68 years and counting in this country, MUCH longer than England's (there's only go back to 1952), but not quite as long as American (1890 was their first). So this June 26th marks the 20th Anniversary of ARIA's own chart, as opposed to this week (end of April) which will be their 25th Anniversary (April 1983), which is when they used the Kent Music Report as the ARIA Chart. This was done for five years before ARIA started doing their own in-house chart.Last edited: 02/05/2008 10:26

Thanks bulion for the information, i am a little confused with the Underneath the Radar information, in this ARIA report http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060920-0000/issue858.pdf, they state it peaked at #9, or is that the Australian Music Report peak? It is also interesting to see Tiffany's chart peaks, would you be able to tell me where her other songs or albums peaked please?

Thanks bulion! Ambrosia, Journey and Styx were big in the US from the late 70's through to the early/mid 80's but I don't ever recall hearing their music on Australian radio today. I wonder why that is?

Air Supply were not as big in Australia as they were in the U.S., but they still managed 4 Top 10 singles:

04-Oct-76*HP-06*WI-28 - Love and Other Bruises07-Feb-77*HP-43*WI-15 - Empty Pages27-Jun-77*HP-45*WI-13 - Do What You Do21-May-79*HP-13*WI-18 - Lost in Love21-July-80*HP-09*WI-23 - All Out of Love15-Dec-80*HP-08*WI-21 - Every Woman in the World22-Jun-81*HP-10*WI-19 - The One That You Love02-Nov-81*HP-43*WI-20 - Here I Am21-Jun-82*HP-35*WI-15 - Even the Nights are Better24-Jan-83*HP-46*WI-13 - Two Less Lonely People in the World05-Sep-83*HP-45*WI-16 - Making Love out of Nothing at All04-Nov-85*HP-79*WI-06 - Just As I Am

Wow, I had no idea that Air Supply were bigger in the US than here? How is that possible - why didn't Australia support it's own music??? To be honest, for the longest time I didn't even know that Air Supply were Australian until I looked them up, I actually thought they were American!

Like Little River Band before them, the two Russell's pitched their music to the Americans, whereas in Australia at the time pub rock like The Angels, Cold Chisel and Australian Crawl were the more popular styles with Australian listeners. So they noticed the Americans were picking up on their sytle of slow ballad-esque appeal and ran with it. You'll notice their singles have no uptempo beats, all are mainly ballads, which the US were doing on masse. That was the secret to their success over there, they sounded like what they already had (ala Hall & Oates, soft Foreigner, Asia and REO Speedwagon).

Thnx bulion, but you gave me the chart position for First Class! I remember the song Beach Baby, but I was asking about First Choice, who had songs like "Doctor Love", "Let No Man Put Asunder", "Smarty Pants" and "Armed & Extremely Dangerous"!

08-Feb-64*HP-11*WI-22 - Anyone Who Had a Heart23-May-64*HP-28*WI-11 - Walk on By19-Sep-64*HP-32*WI-10 - You'll Never Get to Heaven21-Nov-64*HP-43*WI-09 - Reach Out for Me15-May-65*HP-81*WI-10 - You Can Have Him19-Feb-66*HP-54*WI-08 - Are you There (with Another Girl)07-May-66*HP-44*WI-08 - Message to Michael06-Aug-66*HP-88*WI-05 - Trains & Boats & Planes05-Nov-66*HP-90*WI-02 - I Just Don't What to Do with Myself25-Feb-67*HP-70*WI-01 - Another Night18-Nov-67*HP-77*WI-05 - I Say a Little Prayer11-May-68*HP-15*WI-15 - Do You Know the Way to San Jose10-Aug-68*HP-59*WI-04 - Valley of the Dolls15-Feb-69*HP-17*WI-15 - This Girl's in Love With You03-May-69*HP-86*WI-03 - Promises, Promises06-Sep-69*HP-76*WI-07 - Odds and Ends01-Nov-69*HP-26*WI-15 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'18-May-70*HP-47*WI-19 - Let Me Go to Him31-Aug-70*HP-51*WI-10 - Paper Mache21-Oct-74*HP-59*WI-08 - Then Came You (w/ The Spinners)10-Sep-79*HP-35*WI-18 - I'll Never Love This Way Again03-Mar-80*HP-69*WI-13 - Deja Vu18-Oct-82*HP-46*WI-08 - Friends in Love (w/ Johnny Mathis)06-Dec-82*HP-02*WI-21 - Heartbreaker16-Mat-83*HP-53*WI-10 - All the Love in the World23-Dec-85*HP-01*WI-25 - That's What Friends are For (1 week)

As you can see, Dionne didn't get her first Top 10 single in Australia until early 1983, 19 years after she started charting here.

thanks for that bulion - I'm surprised that Fogelberg, Stephen and Steely haven't done well at all on the charts, although you hear their songs regularly on some classic rock/easy listening FM stations (ie. "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight", "Reeling In The Years"... etc).

07-July-56*HP-03*WI-18 - Heartbreak Hotel14-Aug-78*HP-02*WI-21 - Hopelessly Devoted To You02-Aug-82*HP-05*WI-15 - House Of Fun23-Sep-85*HP-16*WI-18 - In Between Days04-Mar-85*HP-08*WI-18 - Sussudio23-Sep-85*HP-06*WI-17 - Running Up That Hillnothing at all - Reflections Of A Sound

04-July-77*HP-41*WI-17 - Feels Like the First Time07-Nov-77*HP-32*WI-33 - Cold as Ice24-Apr-78*HP-70*WI-07 - Long, Long Way from Home07-Aug-78*HP-24*WI-15 - Hot Blooded29-Jan-79*HP-97*WI-01 - Double Vision31-Aug-81*HP-24*WI-38 - Urgent07-Dec-81*HP-03*WI-26 - Waiting for a Girl (Like You)17-May-82*HP-53*WI-11 - Juke Box Hero24-Dec-84*HP-01*WI-26 - I Want to Know What Love is (5 wks)22-Apr-85*HP-55*WI-11 - That Was Yesterday21-Dec-87*HP-06*WI-21 - Say You Will09-May-88*HP-21*WI-17 - I Don't Want to Live Without You

30-Sep-85*HP-21&WI-17 - Money's Too Tight (to Mention)21-Apr-86*HP-16*WI-26 - Holding Back the Years29-Sep-86*HP-70*WI-07 - Open Up the Red Box16-Mar-87*HP-17*WI-15 - The Right Thing22-Jun-87*HP-54*WI-07 - Infidelitythen came "It's Only Love" in 1989.

Metallica never had any pre 1989 singles (as I've posted before), their first charting single was 1989's "One" which hit No.38.

Iron Maiden:14-Jun-83*HP-27*WI-21 - Run to the Hills18-July-83*HP-93*WI-01 - Flight of Icarus25-Apr-88*HP-58*WI-08 - Can I Play With MadnessARIA info:07-Jun-92*HP-47*WI-06 - Be Quick of Be Dead25-Apr-93*HP-98*WI-01 - Fear of the Dark

I always thought Phil Collins had more hits in the 80's than that because he seemed to be everywhere back then (if there was a movie song required he was the "go to" man), but I guess he had hits with Genesis as well.

The problem with Easy Lover was that there was a record company dispute over the song in Australia. With Phil C being on Atlantic and Phil B being on CBS, they both wouldn't let each other have the rights to it. CBS released it first because it was from Philip Bailey's album, but the Atlantic/Warner got annoyed, so after a month on the shelves the single was pulled from release, thus resulting in a really LOW placing on the charts. Shame because it's a good song too.

31-May-82*HP-18*WI-17 - Do You Believe in Love19-Dec-83*HP-25*WU-17 - Heart and Soul16-Apr-84*HP-27*WI-19 - I Want a New Drug (Called Love)05-Nov-84*HP-20*WI-22 - If This is it14-Jan-85*HP-58*WI-10 - The Heart of Rock & Roll01-Apr-85*HP-70*WI-07 - Walking on a Thin Line12-Aug-85*HP-01*WI-22 - Power of Love (2 weeks at No.1)08-Sep-86*HP-02*WI-22 - Stuck With You24-Nov-86*HP-17*WI-18 - Hip to Be Square16-Mar-87*HP-48*WI-10 - Jacob's Ladder22-Aug-88*HP-22*WI-14 - Perfect Worldthen came 1991's "Couple Days Off".

04-Oct-76*HP-52*WI-09 - She's Gone11-Apr-77*HP-06*WI-21 - Rich Girl01-Aug-77*HP-65*WI-07 - Back Together Again24-Mar-80*HP-81*WI-06 - Wait for Me06-Oct-80*HP-48*WI-07 - How Does it Feel to Be Back10-Nov-80*HP-13*WI-23 - Kiss on My List14-Sep-81*HP-40*WI-11 - You Make My Dreams19-Oct-81*HP-17*WI-19 - Private Eyes08-Feb-82*HP-13*WI-17 - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)15-Nov-82*HP-04*WI-18 - Maneater14-Mar-83*HP-77*WI-05 - One on One15-Aug-83*HP-49*WI-09 - Family Man05-Dec-83*HP-24*WI-18 - Say it Isn't So09-Apr-84*HP-94*WI-02 - Adult Education05-Nov-84*HP-11*WI-22 - Out of Touch04-Mar-85*HP-56*WI-09 - Method of Modern Love21-Oct-85*HP-81*WI-04 - The Way You Do the Things You Do08-Sep-86*HP-28*WI-13 - Dreamtime (Daryl Hall solo)23-May-88*HP-75*WI-07 - Everything Your Heart Desires

bulion, do you have Chartifacts from 1990-1993? Sometimes on those they revealed ARIA chart peaks between #51 and #100 between Jul 1988-Dec 1989 - e.g. Blue Zone's "Jackie"'s chart peak from 1989 (#99) was mentioned in the Chartifacts entry for B.Z. featuring Joanne's cover of the song in a 1998 Chartifacts entry. If so, I'm wondering if they make mention of Neneh Cherry's peaks for "Manchild" and "Kisses On the Wind" (#51 and #52 respectively on the Kent Report chart) e.g. on the chartifacts entry for "Heart" (Mar 1990). I've wanted to find out their ARIA peaks since 1989!

A friend and I were having a little contest (over a cold one) last night to name as many comedy (with no music) hits we could think of. I only got 3, Australiana - Austen Tayshus, It's Just Not Cricket - The 12th Man & I'm Tuff - George Smilovic. I probably missed a couple of obvious ones so does anyone have any others?.

Hey bulion, you might be able to help me here....I've been going through my thousands of mp3's and adding the 'HP' & 'WI' for each song into the file info (I enter the HP as the track number & the WI in the comments). This way I can sort by this info in Windows Explorer & iTunes without having to keep a separate spreadsheet. Anyway, the problem I have is that I only have this info from 1970 onwards and I can't find any Australian chart info for the Creedence Clearwater Revival songs I have from 1969. Can you help?

One more thing...I've also got heaps of pre-1970 Beatles songs but I've used the 'Beatles In Australia' website (see link below) as my guide to Australian chart positions for these. However, I don't know how accurate this info is because they don't reference it anywhere. So if you could post a list of chart info for 60's Beatles songs I would be very appreciative.

Further to Adam's point. As most you are probably aware there is some pre 90's Australian Chart info on Wikipedia. There not a lot mind you and because it is Wikipedia, my question is how reliable do you think most of it is?.Also while I'm at it, any info on Dire Straits & Bryan Adams would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

30-Nov-68*HP-88*WI-02 - Suzie Q.05-Apr-69*HP-05*WI-22 - Proud Mary17-May-69*HP-03*WI-19 - Bad Moon Rising23-Aug-69*HP-06*WI-14 - Green River22-Nov-69*HP-02*WI-20 - Down on the Corner / Fortunate Son02-Mar-70*HP-04*WI-23 - Travelin' Band / Who'll Stop the Rain22-Jun-70*HP-01*WI-20 - Up Around the Bend / Run Through the Jungle (6 weeks at No.1)21-Sep-70*HP-01*WI-23 - Lookin' Out My Back Door / Long As I Can See the Light (4 weeks at No.1)15-Feb-71*HP-06*WI-16 - Have You Ever Seen the Rain 09-Aug-71*HP-12*WI-14 - Sweet Hitch-Hiker22-May-72*HP-15*WI-14 - Someday Never Comes

Now I have one more question...Can anyone tell me how many songs have made the singles chart between 8/1/1989 & this week (8/6/2008)? I came up with 4815 but I think I might be missing some. I added up the total weeks of all the songs I have on my list and it came to 49774 but I think if the list is complete it should add up to 50700 (50 x 1014 weeks).

P.S. Sorry if this is getting off the topic of this thread but I couldn't find any existing thread relating to this.

03-Mar-86*HP-23*WI-14 - Silent Running26-May-86*HP-08*WI-23 - All I Need is a Miracle26-Dec-88*HP-29*WI-17 - Nobody's Perfect27-Feb-89*HP-01*WI-24 - The Living Years (1 week at No.1)19-Jun-89*HP-91*WI-05 - Seeing is BelievingARIA info:28-Apr-91*HP-33*WI-15 - Word of Mouth

10-Nov-75*HP-78*WI-05 - Midnite Blue26-Mar-79*HP-57*WI-13 - Don't Cry Out Loud23-Aug-82*HP-04*WI-24 - You Should Hear How She Talks About You18-July-83*HP-48*WI-09 - My Boyfriend's Back16-Jan-84*HP-75*WI-04 - No One Can Love You More Than Me

11-Feb-74*HP-97*WI-01 - A Song I'd Like to Sing29-Apr-74*HP-96*WI-02 - Loving Arms 27-Jun-77*HP-06*WI-33 - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher / I Don't Want to Talk About it05-Dec-77*HP-32*WI-16 - We're All Alone10-Apr-78*HP-74*WI-08 - The Way You Do the Things You Do18-Sep-78*HP-60*WI-07 - Slow Dancer29-Oct-79*HP-68*WI-08 - One Fine Day27-Oct-80*HP-60*WI-08 - We Could Stay Together24-Aug-81*HP-60*WI-07 - Let's Go Dancin'07-Nov-83*HP-80*WI-09 - All Time High

16-May-83*HP-55*WI-10 - Cuts Like a Knife29-Aug-83*HP-98*WI-03 - Straight from the Heart21-Jan-85*HP-24*WI-13 - Run to You01-July-85*HP-12*WI-23 - Heaven16-Sep-85*HP-14*WI-21 - Summer of '6916-Dec-85*HP-64*WI-05 - Christmas Time23-Dec-85*HP-85*WI-06 - One Night Love Affair10-Feb-86*HP-57*WI-08 - It's Only Love (w/ Tina Turner)07-Apr-86*HP-76*WI-04 - Somebody20-Apr-87*HP-25*WI-12 - Heat of the Night20-July-87*HP-89*WI-01 - Hearts on Fire07-Dec-87*HP-92*WI-02 - Victim of Lovethen came "(Everything I Do) I Do it for Yo" in 1991.

19-Oct-70*HP-77*WI-05 - Snowbird12-Mar-73*HP-87*WI-03 - Danny's Song05-Nov-73*HP-93*WI-03 - What About Me28-Jan-74*HP-88*WI-07 - Love Song05-Aug-74*HP-49*WI-15 - You Won't See Me16-Oct-78*HP-02*WI-23 - You Needed Me19-Mar-79*HP-46*WI-11 - I Just Fall in Love Again01-Oct-79*HP-95*WI-01 - Shadows in the Moonlight14-Apr-80*HP-94*WI-04 - Daydream Believer03-Nov-80*HP-29*WI-21 - Could I Have This Dance10-May-82*HP-97*WI-02 - Another Sleepless Night26-Dec-83*HP-92*WI-05 - A Little Good News05-May-86*HP-76*WI-12 - Now and Forever (You and Me)

26-Oct-68*HP-29*WI-14 - Mexican Whistler23-feb-70*HP-80*WI-08 - The Leavin' (Durham Town)02-Aug-71*HP-85*WI-07 - New World in the Morning25-Oct-71*HP-53*WI-13 - Mamy Blue02-Jun-75*HP-03*WI-26 - The Last Farewell06-Oct-75*HP-50*WI-11 - I Don't Believe in If Anymore29-Mar-76*HP-100*WI-2 - The First Hello, The Last Goodbye25-May-87*HP-96*WI-04 - Skye Boat Song (w/Des O'Connor)

In answer to Louie's question, no 'Romeo & Juliet' never made the charts here in Australia or in the USA (despite making it to no. 8 in the UK). Another Dire Straits song that has had a lot of radio airplay over the years that didn't chart either was 'Your Latest Trick'.

That gives me an idea for a new thread.... "Well-known songs that never made the Australian singles chart". Obviously 'Stairway To Heaven' would be right up there.

Yes we'd be no doubt suprised about how many "classics" never charted or at best barely made it into the charts. Bullion has provided many examples of this in this very thread.

In fact a lot of songs that chart near the top never get played on radio even a year or two later. There's many reasons for this of course, but there's countless examples of number one songs you'll never hear from again.

While I'm here I'd be interested to find out how the "Stones" charted because they must of had a huge number of hits over the years. And if possible Rod Stewart & Roy Orbison as well. Thanks

I remember "Your Latest Trick". It did chart, but it was part of their "On The Night (Live)" CD. Rage used to play the live clip in their top 50. I think the song barely cracked the top 50 if I recall, but it did chart.

How did Romeo & Juliet become one of their best known classics (there's even a video clip for it - Video Hits would play it every once and a while as a "classic") yet never charted? Isn't that a little odd that a song would become such a hit yet wouldn't be available for purchase (especially back in the early 80's). Was it the B-Side to another hit? Or were record companies back then employing the sales tactic of making a single unavailable for purchase so you would have to buy the album? I thought that was only a recent (last 10 years or so) tactic?

Martin, there are a few surprises with some big 'radio hits' that were flops on the chart. Cold Chisel's "Khe Sanh" only peaked at #41 on the chart!

Phil Collins' "Easy Lover" is another one, which I think has been discussed in this thread (or one on the forum) - only made #74, yet still gets played on some stations.

Maybe the biggest surprise of all is that Derek & The Dominos original "Layla" (Eric Clapton's band, he later did an MTV Unplugged version that was a big hit in '92/'93) charted at only #100 in 1972! Maybe it just seems more popular than it was, because 'classic rock' stations started playing it when the acoustic Layla was a hit.

Bananarama's "Cruel Summer" is another one that charted surprisingly low - #32. Yet it seems more memorable/known than a few of their others that charted higher, such as "More Than Physical" at #28, which I never heard until a few years ago.

Elwood, yes, Divinyls' "Only Lonely" is another oddity. I remember looking for the chart position of that in David Kent's book and thinking why isn't it there? I think it may not have actually been released as a commercial single here - hence the lack of chart position. It may have only featured in the film Monkey Grip - but then why were 2 videos made I know one was for the US market, but still, there was a local version as well.

that's a surprise too about Stevie Nicks' "Edge of 17". But then I don't think there is a video for that track, so maybe it wasn't a commercial single either.

If anybody wants the entire ARIA Top 100 Singles information (on Excels Spreadsheets) from Jan 1990 to Dec 2002, please email me off-thread and I will be able to send it to you.Also included are the 1988 and 1989 Top 50 Charts (88 thanks to Chartboi). All information comes with catalogue numbers, and is the Top 100 singles for every week between Jan 1990 until the end of 2002.

I guess the common theme from that list of songs I posted is that most of them were included on high charting albums. If you consider that album sales are generally much greater than single sales then millions of people would probably have copies of those songs even though they weren't successful singles. I suppose that's why they get a lot of radio airplay because most people would already have been familiar with them.

Khe Sanh is an interesting one. It always ranks near the top in those countdowns where people vote for their favourite songs of all time yet it only made it to no. 41 on the singles chart. Cold Chisel actually had 14 other songs perform better in the charts:Forever Now (No.4)Cheap Wine (No.8)Hands Out Of My Pocket (No.9)The Things I Love In You (No.10)Saturday Night (No.11)You Got Nothing I Want (No.12)Hold Me Tight/No Sense (No.14)Choir Girl (No.14)Nothing But You (No.16)Yesterdays (No.23)When The War Is Over (No.25)Flame Trees (No.26)You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful & You're Mine EP (No.36)My Baby/Misfits (No.40)

I wasn't around when the song was released -- did Khe Sahn's subject matter make it controversial at the time, meaning that some stations didn't play it? This would explain its relatively low chart placing...

10-Feb-86*HP-11*WI-21 - Sting - Russians22-Mar-69*HP-10*WI-15 - The Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music18-Apr-83*HP-36*WI-12 - U2 - New Year's Day26-Jan-81*HP-06*WI-15 - The Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da30-Apr-84*HP-12*WI-16 - Psuedo Echo - A Beat For You20-Oct-86*HP-12*WI-20 - Bruce Hornsby&The Range-The Way It Is07-Jan-83*HP-00*WI-00 - Bing Crosby/David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy. This song was a very minor hit in Perth, No.46 for a week, which was not sufficient enough to get it into the Top 100. But at least you know when it charted.

08-Feb-64*HP-06*WI-19 - I Only Want to Be With You28-Mar-64*HP-27*WI-16 - Stay Awhile04-July-64*HP-02*WI-17 - Wishin' and Hopin'15-Aug-64*HP-16*WI-16 - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself24-Oct-64*HP-55*WI-09 - All Cried Out12-Dec-64*HP-83*WI-07 - Losing You07-Aug-65*HP-56*WI-08 - In the Middle of Nowhere11-Dec-65*HP-88*WI-01 - Some of Your Lovin'07-May-66*WI-02*WI-19 - You Don't Have to Say You Love Me20-Aug-66*HP-24*WI-12 - Goin' Back29-Oct-66*HP-31*WI-10 - All I See is You08-Apr-67*HP-38*WI-09 - I'll Try Anything21-Oct-67*HP-45*WI-12 - What's it Gonna Be31-Aug-68*HP-67*WI-06 - I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten02-Nov-68*HP-69*WI-05 - I Will Come to You21-Dec-68*HP-06*WI-17 - Son of a Preacher Man07-Jun-69*HP-40*WI-14 - The Windmills of Your Mind22-Nov-69*HP-75*WI-01 - Am I the Same Girl19-Jan-70*HP-80*WI-06 - Brand New Me21-Sep-87*HP-22*WI-21 - What Have I Done to Deserve This (w/ Pet Shop Boys)

Thanks for the Orbison info. A couple of songs I've never heard of -- "Evergreen"? I guess 1 week at #100 makes it one of the least successful chart "hits" ever...still, now I'll have to track it down...

Not to burden you too much, but another US act from the same era is a favourite of mine: The Everly Brothers. (The Phil Everly references in the Cliff Richard post reminded me...) Any insight on their chart placings? And did either of 'em ever chart solo, aside from the Cliff duets? Don also put out some instrumental material as "Adrian Kimberly".

24-July-72*HP-48*WI-15 - Take it Easy08-Jan-73*HP-81*WI-06 - Witchy Woman24-Mar-75*HP-14*WI-15 - Best of My Love25-Aug-75*HP-33*WI-15 - One of These Nights17-Nov-75*HP-34*WI-23 - Lyin' Eyes16-Feb-76*HP-30*WI-18 - Take it to the Limit24-Jan-77*HP-16*WI-14 - New Kid in Town30-May-77*HP-60*WI-12 - Hotel California22-Aug-77*HP-96*WI-01 - Life in the Fast Lane25-Dec-78*HP-46*WI-07 - Please Come Home for Christmas15-Oct-79*HP-13*WI-21 - Heartache Tonight

They never had a Top 10 Single in Australia, their last single becoming their highest placed. They were mainly an albums band, with Hotel California (77) and The Long Run (79) both going to No.1, whilst their first three albums all spent 30+ weeks in the charts. Their longest charting album was their 1976 Greatest Hits Collection which peaked at No.3, but charted for 72 weeks.

09-Sep-67*HP-96*WI-02 - See Emily Play04-Feb-80*HP-02*WI-26 - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)08-Nov-82*HP-91*WI-02 - When the Tigers Broke Free19-Oct-87*HP-34*WI-21 - Learning to Fly15-Feb-88*HP-48*WI-09 - On the Turning Away

Another group who were bigger on album than the singles charts. Dark Side of the Moon (142 weeks), The Wall (88 weeks) which also hit No.1 as did their 1975 album "Wish You Were Here".

The Eagles actually charted a bit better than I thought with a couple in the teens and "Hotel California" actually charting at all when I thought it hadn't. Still they were obviously an "album" band with a couple of their other "classics" like "Desperado" & "Tequilla Sunrise" not chating. Thanks for that

"See Emily Play" charted and "Money" didn't! Interesting that of Pink Floyd's five hits, only 2 are from the era that Roger Waters was the chief composer....

Oh, and "Desperado" famously wasn't ever released as a single. And "Tequila Sunrise" from the same album was a comparative flop in the U.S. (stalling at #59) -- not sure if it was issued as a single here. Both songs, of course, have become airplay classics in retrospect.

I always find it interesting how certain songs become "classic" years later but were not that popular at the time they first came out. What were people thinking at the time?????

It makes me wonder what obscure chart hits from these days will eventually become "classics" An interesting thread idea huh????.

Anyway while we're on the "album" band theme I'd be interested to know if the Doobie Brothers, Steve Miller Band or Supertramp fared any better "singles wise"? I know the Steve Miller Band had at least one big hit with Abracadabra (getting to #1 if I remember back that far)

Sherbet never did any good after they changed their name. Their main problem was that their core "teen" audience simply grew up - it happens a lot with these types of bands.

I'd be interested to find out the positions of a few of my personal favs from the 80's. "Like in a Northern Town - Dream Academy" (their only hit I think?), "Glad I'm Not a Kennedy - Shona Lang", "Arizona Sky - China Crisis" & I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew". thanks muchly

23-Dec-67*HP-07*WI-23 - Different Drums (Stone Poneys feat...)15-Jun-70*HP-100*WI-1 - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?24-Feb-75*HP-15*WI-17 - You're No Good28-July-75*HP-87*WI-03 - When Will I Be Loved04-Oct-76*HP-59*WI-08 - That'll be the Day24-Oct-77*HP-29*WI-16 - Poor Poor Pitiful Me19-Dec-77*HP-03*WI-22 - Blue Bayou04-Sep-78*HP-18*WI-18 - Back in the U.S.A.11-Dec-78*HP-38*WI-14 - Just One Look26-Feb-79*HP-76*WI-07 - Ooh Baby Baby / Love Me Tender25-Feb-80*HP-19*WI-14 - How Do I Make You08-Nov-82*HP-70*WI-10 - Get Closer14-Mar-83*HP-36*WI-15 - I Knew You When26-Dec-83*HP-87*WI-03 - What's New23-Feb-87*HP-31*WI-24 - Somewhere Out There (w/ James Ingram)09-Mar-87*HP-54*WI-13 - To Know Him is to Love Him (w/ Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris)then came her biggest hit "Don't Know Much" in 1990.

one of my favourite bands of the 80's was China Crisis. "Black Man Ray" was about Ray Charles, and "Working With Fire & Steel" was really only a hit in Australia, and doesn't appear on any of the 'Best of' collections.

I know that this chart position was not pre-1989 but I was wondering if "Down So Long" by Jewel charted in Australia. The Kent Australian Chart Book 1993-2005 states that it peaked at number 81 and was in the charts for 13 weeks. What does the ARIA Charts say about it?

Well, I wasn't sure if The Sherbs charted at all, so I guess two very minor hits is even slightly better than I expected.

Don't know if everyone here is familiar with the ARSA chart compilation site at www.las-solanas.com/arsa, but they have quite a few Oz radio station charts from the 1960s (and a lot of US and Canadian radio station charts). Fascinating browsing for those of us into such things. They're also looking for some assistance on tracking down catalogue numbers for some charting Australian records -- check out the "Chart Chat" page on the site for details on how to help. http://www.las-solanas.com/arsa/twocents.php

Breadalbane; I tried to contact that people at ASRA on their Chart Chat page, but couldn't. So can you please pass on my email address and let them know that I have catalogue numbers for all of the charting hits in Australia.

Thank you nugs! I thought Samantha charted a lot higher with "I Wanna Have Some Fun", I thought that was a big hit for her? And I didn't realize that Stacey Q had four songs that charted, I only knew of "Two of hearts" and "we connect". Very interesting!

Could someone provide chart placings for TISM albums and singles from pre-1994 if they are availalbe? I believe they had a couple of low-top 40 singles in the late 80s but there may be more. Thanks. Joe.

"i'm on the hunt, i'm after you" was indeed taken out of the song. 'Hungry Like The Wolf' by Duran Duran!

Dark in the city, night is a wireSteam in the subway, earth is a fireDo-do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do, do doWoman you want me, give me a signAnd catch my breathing even closer behindDo-do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do, do do

In touch with the groundIm on the hunt Im after youSmell like I sound, Im lost in a crowdAnd Im hungry like the wolfStraddle the line, in discord and rhymeIm on the hunt Im after youMouth is alive with juices like wineAnd Im hungry like the wolf

Stalked in the forest, too close to hideIll be upon you by the moonlight sideDo-do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do, do doHigh blood drumming ony our skin its so tightYou feel my heart, Im just a moment behindDo-do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do, do do

In touch with the groundIm on the hunt Im after youScent and a sound, Im lost and Im foundAnd Im hungry like the wolfStrut on a line, its discord and rhymeI howl and I whine Im after youMouth is alive all running insideAnd Im hungry like the wolf

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(hungry like the wolfHungry like the wolfHungry like the wolf)

Burning the ground I break from the crowdIm on the hunt Im after youI smell like I sound, Im lost and Im foundAnd Im hungry like the wolfStrut on a line, its discord and rhymeIm on the hunt Im after youMouth is alive with juices like wineAnd Im hungry like the wolf

Burning the ground I break from the crowdIm on the hunt Im after youScent and a sound, Im lost and Im foundAnd Im hungry like the wolf

Strut on a line, its discord and rhymeI howl and I whine Im after youMouth is alive all running insideAnd Im hungry like the wolf...

24-Oct-83*HP-96*WI-02 - Rock of Ages12-Oct-87*HP-46*WI-16 - Animal04-Apr-88*HP-90*WI-03 - Hysteria17-Oct-88*HP-21*WI-29 - Love Bitesthen came "Armageddon it" in 1989. All of the following singles can be found by using the "Search" function at the top of this page.

Albums:04-Aug-80*HP-98*WI-02 - On Through the Night13-Jun-83*HP-70*WI-17 - Pyromania21-Sep-87*HP-04*WI-103- Hysteriathen came "Adrenalize" in 1992.

14-Mar-83*HP-53*WI-07 - Here I Go Again19-Oct-87*HP-12*WI-20 - Is This Love19-Oct-87*HP-24*WI-22 - Here I Go Again (Re-Recorded)then came "Fool for Your Loving" in Jan 1990. It's not a typo either that both of their Oct 87 songs came in the same week on the chart.

Digging through my eighties vinyl, and came across Julian Cope/Teardrop Explodes and Elvis Costello. How'd they do on the charts pre-1989?

And the Canadian chart link you posted got me wondering ... did The Guess Who have much chart success in Australia? Certainly their first Canadian hit "Shakin All Over" was thoroughly trounced by Normie Rowe's version...

Hi, Im trying to track down the name of a song and the artist, from the charted in the top 10 in november 1988. Part of the lyrics in the chorus are as follows.........someone i know, someone i know..........you came for a day and stayed for a week.... Thats all I know, would greatly appreciate someones help

I actually LOVE "We Built This City" LOL, I was a big Starship fan. I liked "Sara" as well! Their resurgence in popularity in the late 80's was pretty cool, considering they had started out as a psychadelic rock group in the 60's as "Jefferson Airplane" with hits like "Somebody To Love", became a contemporary rock group in the 70's as "Jefferson Starship" with hits like "Miracles" and "For Your Love"... and then regrouped again as "Starship" in the 80's, the only original member who stayed from the beginning was vocalist Grace Slick.

Here's a quote I found about We Built This City topping a worst-song-of-all-time ranking from 'Blender':

Starship's 1985 anthem, the runaway No. 1 stinker, "seems to inspire the most virulent feelings of outrage," editor Craig Marks says. "It purports to be anti-commercial but reeks of '80s corporate-rock commercialism. It's a real reflection of what practically killed rock music in the '80s."

Also sealing the song's fate were Starship's steep fall from grace as the admired Jefferson Airplane and "the sheer dumbness of the lyrics," Marks says.

09-Aug-71*HP-62*WI-11 - That's the Way I Always Heard it Should Be21-Feb-72*HP-64*WI-10 - Anticipation26-Jun-72*HP-86*WI-02 - Legend in Your Own Time06-Nov-72*HP-06*WI-27 - I've Got to Have You09-Jan-73*HP-01*WI-26 - You're So Vain (7 weeks at No.1)04-Mar-74*HP-08*WI-18 - Mockingbird (w/ James Taylor)08-July-74*HP-74*WI-05 - Haven't Got Time for the Pain30-Jun-75*HP-70*WI-10 - Attitude Dancing19-Dec-77*HP-08*WI-25 - Nobody Does it Better19-Jun-78*HP-47*WI-12 - You Belong to Me13-Aug-79*HP-90*WI-03 - Vengeance13-Oct-80*HP-04*WI-31 - Jesse26-Aug-85*HP-95*WI-02 - Tired of Being Blonde23-Feb-87*HP-29*WI-21 - Coming Around Again10-Apr-89*HP-91*WI-04 - Let the River Run

Paul Simon:06-Mar-72*HP-05*WI-17 - Mother and Child Reunion22-May-72*HP-40*WI-10 - Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard14-Aug-72*HP-86*WI-07 - Run That Body Down25-Jun-73*HP-31*WI-13 - Kodachrome03-Sep-73*HP-30*WI-24 - Loves Me Like a Rock27-Oct-75*HP-95*WI-01 - Gone at Last (w/ Phoebe Snow)02-Feb-76*HP-35*WI-16 - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover26-Dec-77*HP-35*WI-19 - Slip Slidin' Away01-Sep-80*HP-34*WI-14 - Late in the Evening07-Mar-83*HP-100*WI-1 - The Blues (w/ Randy Newman)15-Sep-86*HP-02*WI-27 - You Can Call Me Al19-Jan-87*HP-46*WI-10 - The Boy in the Bubble02-Mar-87*HP-62*WI-09- Graceland04-May-87*HP-69*WI-07 - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoesthen came "The Obvious Child" in 1990.

Interesting. A few more songs that spent exactly 1 week at 100: "These Eyes" by The Guess Who, "The Blues" by Paul Simon and Randy Newman, and "Believe In Humanity" by Corle King. They join "Evergreen" by Roy Orbison and both "Move It" and "Miss You Nights" by Cliff Richard from previous posts as the least successful chart hits of all time. I'm sure there are more of these #100 songs out there that will be revealed as time goes on...

Thanks for the Costello/Cope/Guess Who info. I'm stunned that "Reward" didn't chart, and pleasantly surprised that "Shakin' All Over" did. Personally, I prefer the Guess Who's version to all other recorded versions I've heard -- yes, including The Who's.

Looking at Jefferson Airplane, I suspect the blatant drug subtext of "White Rabbit" kept it off the charts. Another 'classic in retrospect'...you'd never know today that it wasn't a hit at the time!

Roydges: Public Enemy didn't have their first chart hits in Australia until 1990, but all of those were below the Top 50, so here is the ARIA P.E. info:

04-Mar-90*HP-81*WI-07 - Welcome to the Terrordome27-May-90*HP-64*WI-10 - 911 is a Joke16-Sep-90*HP-95*WI-01 - Brother's Gonna Work it09-Dec-90*HP-69*WI-09 - Public Enemy No.1 16-Dec-90*HP-59*WI-09 - Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man27-Oct-91*HP-55*WI-06 - Can't Truss itthen came "Give it Up" in 1994 which hit the Top 50.

Thanks for all the info Bulion. You truly do know your charts here in Australia pretty well given your music industry experience!Now how about Kiss, and the Ramones?Has the latter charted big here in Oz?

jack-in-the-box; You should check out the thread entitled "How Music Has Changed since the 60's". If you click on Show latest topics at the top of this site, it'll open up other threads, and in that thread is a huge amount of info from all of the decades.

22-Jun-81*HP-02*WI-24 - Who Can it Be Now?23-Nov-81*HP-01*WI-21 - Down Under (6 weeks at No.1)12-Apr-82*HP-08*WI-16 - Be Good Johnny22-Nov-82*HP-06*WI-19 - Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive28-Mar-83*HP-05*WI-14 - Overkill18-July-83*HP-34*WI-10 - It's a Mistake10_Oct-83*HP-09*WI-14 - Down Under (Re-Entry)14-Nov-83*HP-89*WI-02 - High Wire10-Jun-85*HP-37*WI-11 - Everything I NeedColin James Hay:09-Feb-87*HP-40*WI-14 - Hold Me

21-Jun-82*HP-34*WI-17 - Without You30-May-83*HP-97*WI-03 - No Action06-Feb-84*HP-66*WI-11 - Another Day in the Big World07-May-84*HP-02*WI-24 - Heaven (Must Be There)20-Aug-84*HP-56*WI-13 - Maybe Only I Dream29-Apr-85*HP-07*WI-19 - We Will Together02-Sep-85*HP-19*WI-15 - The City of Soul25-Nov-85*HP-08*WI-21 - Can't Wait to See You10-Mar-86*HP-29*WI-18 - Absolutely25-Aug-86*HP-91*WI-01 - So Tough29-Feb-88*HP-13*WI-21 - Groove27-Jun-88*HP-72*WI-05 - It Must Be Love

Johnny period:02-Dec-67*HP-01*WI-33 - Sadie (the Cleaning Lady) (6 weeks@1)09-Mar-68*HP-06*Wi-15 - Underneath the Arches / Friday Kind of Monday13-July-68*HP-06*Wi-17 - I Don't Want to Love You / Jamie12-Oct-68*HP-19*WI-18 - Rose Coloured Glasses14-Dec-68*HP-41*WI-05 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus19-July-69*HP-04*WI-26 - One / Mr. Whippy29-Nov-69*HP-01*WI-24 - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (7wks@1)12-Oct-70*HP-10*WI-20 - Comic Conversation31-May-71*HP-40*WI-14 - Acapulco Sun / As Long as Life Goes On15-Nov-71*HP-27*WI-21 - Baby, Without You (w/Allison Durbin)29-Nov-71*HP-36*WI-22 - Walking the Floor on My Hands18-Sep-72*HP-06*WI-21 - Rock Me Baby18-Dec-72*HP-12*WI-15 - Don't You Know it's Magic26-Mar-73*HP-09*WI-12 - Everything is Out of Season30-July-73*HP-19*WI-12 - I Can't Dance to Your Music26-Nov-73*HP-48*WI-13 - Shake a Hand09-Sep-74*HP-91*WI-05 - One Minute Every Hour13-Jan-75*HP-88*WI-05 - Things to DoJohn Farnham period:14-July-80*HP-08*WI-15 - Help20-Oct-80*HP-90*WI-03 - She's Everywhere26-Jan-81*HP-67*WI-07 - Please Don't Ask Me27-Apr-81*HP-82*WI-07 - Too Much Too Soon19-Oct-81*HP-52*WI-13 - That's No Way to Love Someoneas lead singer with Little River Band:16-Aug-82*HP-07*WI-18 - Down on the Border06-Dec-82*HP-43*WI-10 - St. Louis14-Feb-83*HP-18*WI-17 - The Other Guy06-Jun-83*HP-49*WI-10 - We Two25-Feb-85*HP-59*WI-10 - Playing to Winback to John Farnham solo:13-Oct-86*HP-01*WI-26 - You're the Voice (7 weeks at No.1)15-Dec-86*HP-04*WI-26 - Pressure Down16-Mar-87*HP-24*WI-17 - A Touch of Paradise12-Oct-87*HP-60*WI-09 - Reasons / One Step Awaythen came "Age of Reason" in 1988. You can now check out all ARIA Chart information from the end of June 1988 onwards in the Singles Archive at the top of these pages.

Wow, "Tempted" by Squeeze topped out at 95? That's a pretty shitty position for one of their best known songs?? No "Coffee In Bed"?

And I agree with "Margaritaville", to me that is his signature song, moreso than "Come Monday". How do these so-called classics get airplay if they charted so horribly where in most cases, would probably not have been played on the radio since the height of its so-called popularity.

30-Jun-86*HP-26*WI-15 - Mean to Me06-Oct-86*HP-63*WI-10 - Now We're Getting Somewhere01-Dec-86*HP-08*WI-26 - Don't Dream it's Over23-Mar-87*HP-43*WI-17 - World Where You Live08-Jun-87*HP-18*WI-16 - Something So Strongthen came "Better be Home Soon" in 1988.

It's hard to say exactly why songs become retroactive classics. Some songs may have been a little ahead of their time...not popular when released, but in time people caught up with them. Others may have been slightly controversial at the time, but eventually became accepted. (I'm wondering if some conservative 1970s radio programmers wouldn't play Margaritaville because it could have promoted blackout drinking?)

I also think some songs become retroactive classics if they were hits in the US. A US programming consultant comes in, and adds a hit song to the play list even though it wasn't a hit here, simply because it gets plenty of airplay back home...

Hi Bulion, I have a question. Collette's Upside Down wasn't given any chart stats on this site. But on Wiki, it states that the single reached #91. Which is true? If so, what is the chart debut date for the single?Regards.

29-Sep-69*HP-30*WI-36 - Everybody's Talkin'29-Nov-69*HP-66*WI-10 - I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City05-July-71*HP-52*WI-13 - Me and My Arrow14-Feb-72*HP-01*WI-26 - Without You / Gotta Get Up (5 wks@1)15-May-72*HP-26*WI-22 - Jump into the Fire07-Aug-72*HP-90*WI-05 - Coconut04-Sep-72*HP-85*WI-09 - You're Breaking My Heart20-Nov-72*HP-95*WI-05 - Spaceman24-Sep-73*HP-61*WI-08 - As Time Goes By24-Jun-74*HP-79*WI-06 - Daybreak

I'd like chart info on Sebastian Hardie / Windchase / Mario Millo please. Including soundtracks by Millo: Against the Wind (w/ Jon English, and its single Six Ribbons), World Safari II, A Fortunate Life, The Lighthorsemen and Brides of Christ.

Nilsson's "You're Breaking My Heart" actually charted? Wow! Great song, but they must have edited out the very very prominent obscenity for AM play. Which would rather undermine the whole point of the record...

Also nice to see that "Favourite Waste Of Time", an ace Marshall Crenshaw tune, charted.

Hey, how about Joe Camilleri? He's the guy behind Jo Jo Zep, The Black Sorrows, The Revelators, and Bakelite Radio. He's also released a handful of solo singles under his own name, and as Joey Vincent. Any chance of getting his pre-89 chart info?

16-Sep-67*HP-65*WI-06 My Elusive Dreams (Duet with David Houston)09-Dec-67*HP-60*WI-12 I Don't Wanna Play House24-Feb-68*HP-78*WI-06 It's All Over (Duet With David Houston)25-May-68*HP-59*WI-08 D.I.V.O.R.C.E14-Dec-68*HP-08*WI-30 Stand By Your Man24-May-69*HP-71*WI-05 Singing My Song18-Oct-69*HP-71*WI-06 The Way To Love A Man06-Apr-70*HP-91*WI-03 I'll Sim Him Through24-Sep-73*HP-80*WI-04 Kids Say The Darndest Things

ALBUMS

31-May-69*HP-13*WI-01 D.I.V.O.R.C.E14-Mar-77*HP-43*WI-08 Tammy24-Sep-90*HP-72*WI-03 The Very Best Of Patsy Clein & Tammy Wynette

30-Jan-65*HP-50*WI - 06 - Baby I Need Your Loving21-Aug-65*HP-95*WI-03 - I Can't Help Myself15-Oct-66*HP-62*WI-10 - Reach Out, I'll Be There21-Jan-67*HP-78*WI-04 - Standing in the Shadows of Love22-Apr-67*HP-62*WI-15 - Bernadette17-Jun-67*HP-76*WI-08 - 7 Rooms of Gloom21-Oct-67*HP-85*WI-06 - You Keep Running Away24-Feb-68*HP-34*WI-11 - Walk Away Renee04-May-68*HP-07*WI-15 - If I Were a Carpenter31-May-69*HP-75*WI-07 - What is a Man01-Jun-70*HP-21*WI-18 - It's All in the Game19-Feb-73*HP-55*WI-10 - Keeper of the Castle02-July-73*HP-89*WI-05 - Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)28-Dec-81*HP-54*WI-07 - When She Was My Girl

04-Jan-69*HP-14*WI-17 - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me / A Place in the Sun (w/ Diana Ross & The Supremes)29-Jun-70*HP-05*WI-22 - The Rhythm of Life (w/ The Supremes)29-Jan-73*HP-69*WI-06 - Papa Was a Rolling Stone11-Aug-80*HP-85*WI-02 - Power06-May-85*HP-82*WI-05 - Treat Her Like a Lady

14-Dec-63*HP-24*WI-18 - When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes15-Aug-64*HP-14*WI-16 - Where Did Our Love Go31-Oct-64*HP-26*WI-10 - Baby Love19-Dec-64*HP-78*WI-10 - Come See About Me20-Mar-65*HP-42*WI-14 - Stop! In the Name of Love19-Jun-65*HP-95*WI-03 - Back in My Arms Again18-Sep-65*HP-83*WI-07 - Nothing But Heartaches27-Nov-65*HP-48*WI-12 - I Hear a Symphony26-Feb-66*HP-88*WI-06 - My World is Empty Without You02-July-66*HP-100*WI-1 - Love is Like an Itching in My Heart10-Sep-66*HP-10*WI-13 - You Can't Hurry Love19-Nov-66*HP-29*WI-10 - You Keep My Hangin' On25-Feb-67*HP-45*WI-07 - Love is Here and Now You're Gone06-May-67*HP-05*WI-15 - The HappeningDiana Ross & The Supremes:26-Aug-67*HP-34*WI-11 - Reflections25-Nov-67*HP-30*WI-10 - In and Out of Love13-Apr-68*HP-68*WI-07 - Forever Came Today10-Aug-68*HP-98*WI-02 - Some Things You Never Get Used to09-Nov-68*HP-02*WI-21 - Love Child04-Jan-69*HP-14*WI-17 - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me / A Place in the Sun (w/ The Temptations)08-Mar-69*HP-33*WI-11 - I'm Livin' in Shame31-May-69*HP-87*WI-02 - The Composer20-Dec-69*HP-52*WI-14 - Someday We'll Be Together30-Mar-70*HP-43*WI-11 - Up the Ladder to the Roof **20-Jun-70*HP-05*WI-22 - Rhythm of Life (w/ The Temptations)25-Jan-71*HP-99*WI-01 - Stoned Love **** back to The Supremes.

Hey Bulion what was it about black music in the 60's? I'm astounded that song like 'Baby I Need Your Loving', 'Reach Out, I'll Be There', 'Baby Love' & 'Stop! In the Name of Love' didn't chart aswell as they should've.These and many more are classified as classics in many critics corner

Black Music in the 1960's was not played on Australia very much at all. Especially in Melbourne and Sydney, then and now the two biggest markets. Brisbane was a big R&B charting sitting, that's where The Supremes and Marvin Gaye had most of their hits. Perth was the other big black music location during that time, and Stevie Wonder had mostly all of his National Chart hits perform well in Perth.Another factor was that the style of music that radio was playing was faaaarrrrr away from the American R&B Style of that time, and it wasn't until some major inroads were made in the mid-60's that that style of music was taken more seriously on the charts. So some of the biggest hits that we know today thanks to retro/Gold stations were hits overseas, but not here for the original artists. I say not here for the originals, as local Australian acts would get the records in via sailors or ship merchants, and then learn them and record them, then have hits here with them, and the overseas versions weren't even looked at. "In the Midnight Hour" by Wilson Pickett is a prime example of this. Done here by 1964-66 teen heart-throbs Ray Brown & The Whispers, this was his fourth Top 10 hit here, and a very Aussie version too, and Wilson's version did not chart. Yet you'll hear Wilson's version on the radio here, but not our local version which was a hit. Johnny O'Keefe did this too, and even Pat Boone did it in the late 50's when he did pop-covers of Little Richard and other rock-and-rollers songs, done for nice-white-mainstream-kids.So they might be classics now, but they weren't necessarily so at the time here in Australia.

When did Australia have 'disco charts'? Is it much the same as the club chart today? Or were they around for the 'disco era' (like Billboard) and then they phased them out or renamed the chart after the disco era faded? I would very much be interested in seeing those charts... are they available anywhere?

A lot of my favorite artists were disco groups (more obscure ones) that charted well in the US on the disco/club play chart but maybe didn't even chart at all on the Hot 100. I wonder if the same goes for Australia? Did Gino Soccio or Giorgio Moroder have any luck on the aussie charts?

Regina did not chart, that version of her biggest hit was done by Dannii Minogue in 1992 (sadly).

Captain & Tennille:07-July-75*HP-01*WI-27 - Love Will Keep us Together (4 wks at 1)01-Dec-75*HP-09*WI-21 - The Way I Want to Touch You22-Mar-76*HP-09*WI-18 - Lonely Night (Angel Face)05-July-76*HP-37*WI-17 - Shop Around22-Nov076*HP-65*WI-07 - Muskrat Love23-May-77*HP-67*WI-10 - Can't Stop Dancin'30-Oct-78*HP-51*WI-11 - You Never Done it Like That16-Apr-79*HP-87*WI-06 - You Need a Woman Tonight21-Jan-80*HP-03*WI-20 - Do That To Me One More Time

Bonnie Raitt:06-Oct-91*HP-57*WI-11 - Something to Talk About09-Feb-92*HP-68*WI-10 - Something to Talk About (R)08-Mar-92*HP-77*WI-04 - I Can't Make You Love MeAMR also has this single chart, which did not on ARIA...13-Apr-92*HP-95*WI-01 - Not the Only One

Another interest is Paul Kelly. His many guises include ...& The Dots, ...& The Coloured Girls, ...& The Messengers, with Uncle Bill, with Professor Ratbaggy, ...& The Stormwater Boys (latter few are within the ARIA search I've just done). Could you please provide singles and albums positions on Paul Kelly and his cohorts pre-ARIA?

08-Mar-71 *HP-27*WI-23 If You Could Read My Mind05-Mar-73 *HP-37*WI-12 You Are What I Am03-Jun-74 *HP-04*WI-24 Sundown30-Sep-74 *HP-74*WI-08 Carefree Highway06-Dec-76 *HP-46*WI-16 The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

could anyone please be able to give australian album chart positions for the following artists : the beatles, the beach boys, the rolling stones, the who, bob dylan, the byrds, pink floyd and led zeppelin.

Little River Band22-Sep-75*HP-15*WI-21 - Curiosity (Killed the Cat)05-Jan-76*HP-20*WI-18 - Emma10-May-76*HP-29*WI-15 - Everyday of My Life15-Nov-76*HP-35*WI-14 - It's a Long Way There25-Apr-77*HP-01*WI-20 - Help is on it's Way (1 week at No.1)25-July-77*HP-33*Wi-14 - Witchery24-Oct-77*HP-73*WI-17 - Home on Monday03-Apr-78*HP-16*WI-16 - Shut Down Turn Off26-Jun-78*HP-35*WI-19 - Reminiscing16-Oct-78*HP-46*WI-14 - Lady23-July-79*HP-19*WI-13 - Lonesome Loser09-Feb-81*HP-32*WI-12 - Long Jumping Jeweller21-Sep-81*HP-18*WI-14 - The Night Owls16-Aug-82*HP-07*WI-18 - Down on the Border06-Dec-82*HP-43*Wi-10 - St. Louis14-Feb-83*HP-18*Wi-17 - The Other Guy06-Jun-83*HP-49*WI-10 - We Two25-Feb-85*HP-59*WI-10 - Playing to Win01-Sep-86*HP-73*WI-03 - No Reins on Me18-Apr-88*HP-06*WI-23 - Love is a Bridge15-Aug-88*HP-62*WI-08 - Son of a Famous Man26-Sep-88*HP-52*WI-07 - Soul Searching08-Apr-90*HP-75*WI-08 - If I Get Lucky (ARIA info)

Yeah it seems LRB mainly had a lot of mid-sized hits here (apart from "Help is on it's Way"). They were a bit like Air Supply who also did a lot better in the U.S than here. I guess their sound was very similar to a lot of the popular U.S acts at the time like "The Eagles".

06-Oct-75*HP-60*WI-07 - Poetry Man27-Oct-75*HP-95*WI-01 - Gone at Last (w/ Paul Simon)12-Mar-79*HP-22*WI-22 - Every Night22-Jun-81*HP-95*WI-01 - Games10-July-89*HP-68*WI-09 - If I Can Just Get Through the Night

18-July-73*HP-18*WI-26 - Behind Closed Doors03-Dec-73*HP-07*WI-22 - The Most Beautiful Girl08-Apr-74*HP-23*WI-23 - A Very Special Love Song08-Apr-74*HP-32*WI-19 - There Won't Be Anymore07-Oct-74*HP-46*WI-07 - I Love My Friend22-Sep-75*HP-86*WI-03 - Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)17-Oct-77*HP-47*WI-28 - Rollin' with the Flow

The first version of Ring Ring was shown on the charts as "Bjorn, & Benny, Anna & Frida", which was their single before Waterloo overseas too.

Then it was issued under the ABBA name in late 1974, making a small dent in the charts. By this time it had been released as their third single, and they weren't as big by this stage.

When it charted again, RCA Victor Australia were trying to get as much of their stuff on the charts as possible, because they had had three back-to-back No.1's (not achieved since then BTW), so they re-issued Ring Ring for a third time, and this time it went to No.7.

Also you probably know this, but "Rock Me" was also a B-Side of "I Do, I Do, I Do...", but got so much airplay, that they released that one too.

What a shame... that their greedy record label was trying to land a fourth consecutive no. 1 with re-releasing "Ring Ring" (while managing a not-too-shabby peak of no. 7), but ended up stuffing up their hot streak, because the next single "Fernando" went to no. 1 instead...

I was also kinda shocked that "When All Is Said And Done" only peaked at 81 and stayed in the top 100 for three weeks. That's a bit of a lame showing for one of their best songs.

How did Bobby Goldsboro fare? Did he have any late 70's success with "Melody Of Love"?

Thanks for the Hollies info, Bulion. Intersting that thelr one #1 hit, Too Young To Be Married, was a single only in Australia and NZ. To the rest of the world, this hit song is nothing but an obscure album track...

One more for you (or Beanster Barnes, who also seems to do a lot here): The Church.

27-Apr-81*HP-22*WI-22 - The Unguarded Moment21-Sep-81*HP-43*WI-10 - Too Fast for You28-Sep-81*HP-81*WI-04 - Tear it All Away22-Feb-82*HP-21*WI-14 - Almost With You24-May-82*HP-77*WI-06 - When You Were Mine30-May-83*HP-56*WI-10 - It's No Reason05-Sep-83*HP-60*WI-08 - Electric Lash18-Nov-85*HP-100*WI-1 - Already Yesterday24-Feb-86*HP-62*WI-07 - Tantalized29-Feb-88*HP-22*WI-18 - Under the Milky Way22-Aug-88*HP-99*WI-03 - Reptilethen along came "Metropolis" in April 1990.

Could someone please post the chart positions for Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Stylistics, The Floaters, Bobby Caldwell and Johnnie Taylor? Not sure if the latter artists charted with their one or two hits, but I'm interested to see if they did.

15-July-61*HP-75*WI-02 - Every Beat of My Heart (The Pips)19-Apr-71*HP-99*WI-01 - If I Were Your Woman14-Jan-74*HP-52*WI-08 - Midnight Train to Georgia03-Jun-74*HP-46*WI-08 - Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me10-Feb-75*HP-39*WI-12 - I Feel a Song (in My Heart)18-Aug-75*HP-43*WI-16 - The Way We Were/Try to Remember13-Dec-76*HP-13*WI-28 - So Sad the Song

There was a post for all of Icehouse's singles and album on the 22nd of June. All of the posts on these threads have dates next to them. Or you can hit Ctrl & F, then type in Icehouse and it will search for all of the listings for Icehouse on this thread.

Bulion: I have a huge favour to ask....I have the David Kent chart books (1940-1969 & 1970-1992).I need to know if Johnny Horton's - All For The Love Of A little Girl ever charted here???? If it didn't could you find out if it was ever released as a single & any chart positions world-wide please.

"The Music Goes 'Round My Head" was covered by The SaintsB-Side of "Land of Make Beleive" is "Good Times", which was covered by Jimmy Barnes & INXS."St. Louis" was coevered by Little River BandThe tribute/covers album for the group will be out soon too.

09-Jan-65*HP-65*WI-05 - Don't Bring Me Down20-Feb-65*HP-67*WI-09 - Rosalyn05-Jun-65*HP-54*WI-10 - Honey, I Need23-Apr-66*HP-62*WI-10 - Midnight to Six Man02-July-66*HP-92*WI-03 - Come See Me03-Sep-66*HP-63*WI-09 - A House in the Country

Thanks Bulion, thanks for your information I'm gonna getsome of these books. Don't know if I should tell but anywayI'm using the chart data for our music side musicmini.com where we have about 30.000 clips of songs. Maybe you wouldtake a look at that side: But anyway could you give me thecharts for Dave Clark Five & Manfred Mann. Thanks again

You can look up in the "Search" function at the top of this website for any post-1988 titles, which "Alone" is in there. You can search by act, song title or both, just tick the correct box for singles or albums.

How about the positions for Blondie, B-52's, Men Without Hats, A-Ha, Wall of Voodoo, MC5 and the Clash?

Please keep it up with thinking more artists that may not otherwise be mentioned in this page (pre-1989, of course!), as I'm keen to know how well they all did on the Australian charts!!!Last edited: 02/10/2008 06:18

18-Feb-80*HP-28*WI-11 - London Calling09-Mar-81*HP-69*WI-06 - The Call-Up15-Feb-82*HP-40*WI-14 - This is Radio Clash04-Oct-82*HP-03*WI-24 - Rock the Casbah14-Feb-83*HP-37*WI-14 - Should I Stay or Should I Go11-Nov-85*HP-62*WI-06 - This is England

12-Mar-73*HP-79*WI-05 - I'll Be Around21-Oct-74*HP-59*WI-08 - Then Came You (w/ Dionne Warwick)14-Feb-77*HP-20*WI-27 - The Rubberband Man07-Apr-80*HP-12*WI-25 - Working My Way Back to You21-July-80*HP-17*WI-16 - Cupid/I've Loved You For a Long Time (Medley)

18-Sep-72*HP-18*WI-24 - Down By the River18-Dec-72*HP-12*WI-19 - It Never Rains in Southern California25-Jun-73*HP-38*WI-12 - The Free Electric Band17-Sep-73*HP-55*WI-12 - The Peacemaker28-Jan-74*HP-86*WI-03 - Half a Million Miles from Home29-Apr-74*HP-85*WI-07 - I'm a Train

03-Aug-70*HP-01*WI-31 - (They Long to Be) Close to You (3wks)09-Nov-70*HP-06*WI-17 - We've Only Just Begun22-Mar-71*HP-10*WI-21 - For All We Know26-July-71*HP-35*WI-11 - Rainy Days and Mondays29-Nov-71*HP-35*WI-16 - Superstar20-Mar-72*HP-04*WI-27 - Hurting Each Other03-July-72*HP-24*WI-20 - It's Going to Take Some Time25-Sep-72*HP-25*WI-15 - Goodbye to Love05-Feb-73*HP-01*WI-25 - Top of the World (4 weeks at No.1)07-May-73*HP-24*WI-19 - Sing13-Aug-73*HP-09*WI-18 - Yesterday Once More20-May-74*HP-95*WI-01 - Jambalaya (on the Bayou)01-July-74*HP-63*WI-11 - I Won't Last a Day Without You23-Dec-74*HP-01*WI-23 - Please Mr. Postman (5 weeks at No.1)26-May-75*HP-16*WI-17 - Only Yesterday27-Oct-75*HP-61*WI-08 - Solitaire29-Mar-76*HP-33*WI-16 - There's a Kind of Hush19-July-76*HP-47*WI-19 - I Need to Be in Love18-July-77*HP-89*WI-02 - All You Get from Love is a Love Song19-Dec-77*HP-13*WI-29 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft07-Aug-78*HP-100*WI-2 - Sweet, Sweet Smile24-Aug-81*HP-78*WI-05 - Touch Me When We're Dancing05-Dec-83*HP-80*WI-07 - Make Believe it's Your First Time

21-Aug-65*HP-68*WI-05 - All I Really Want to Do04-Dec-65*HP-95*WI-02 - Where Do You Go16-Apr-66*HP-11*WI-18 - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)03-Sep-66*HP-96*WI-01 - Alfie25-Nov-67*HP-100*WI-1 - You Better Sit Down, Kids18-Oct-71*HP-05*WI-26 - Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves20-Mar-72*HP-42*WI-13 - The Way of Love03-July-72*HP-61*WI-06 - Living in a House Divided13-Aug-73*HP-04*WI-22 - Half-Breed18-Feb-74*HP-17*WI-18 - Dark Lady22-July-74*HP-84*WI-01 - Train of Thought07-Dec-81*HP-65*WI-08 - Dead Ringer for Love (Meat Loaf ft..)25-Jan-88*HP-08*WI-29 - I Found Someone02-May-88*HP-76*WI-09 - We All Sleep Alonethen came "After All" by May 1989 and "If I Could Turn Back Time" in Sep 1989.

careless memories #60rio #60save a prayer #56new moon on monday #48girls on film #11my own way #10planet earth #8a view to a kill #6hungry like the wolf #5union of the snake #4is there something i should know #4the reflex #4the wild boys #3

01-03-Sep-84*HP-01*WI-28 - Careless Whisper (4 weeks at 1)02-28-Apr-86*HP-04*WI-15 - A Different Corner03-09-Feb-87*HP-01*WI-21 - I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) (w/ Aretha Franklin) (4 weeks at No.1)04-06-July-87*HP-02*WI-19 - I Want Your Sex05-16-Nov-87*HP-01*IW-27 - Faith (1 week at No.1)06-08-Feb-88*HP-05*WI-16 - Father Figure07-23-May-88*HP-34*WI-08 - One More Trybelow Top 50 Singles (single number in chart order at the start)09-09-Jan-89*HP-66*WI-06 - Kissing a Fool (AMR)13-04-Aug-91*HP-91*WI-01 - Soul Free20-23-Feb-97*HP-61*WI-04 - Older21-22-Jun-97*HP-51*WI-10 - Star People '9722-26-Oct-97*HP-75*WI-02 - You Have Been Loved30 single in total charted for George up until 2006 (An Easier Affair) being the last one.

08-Feb-82*HP-50*WI-08 - World of Stone (EP)09-Aug-82*HP-59*WI-10 - Talking to a Stranger17-Feb-86*HP-24*WI-16 - Say Goodbye19-May-86*HP-49*WI-09 - Throw Your Arms Around Me22-Sep-86*HP-78*WI-05 - Everything's on Fire04-May-87*HP-41*WI-12 - Living Daylights (EP)19-Oct-87*HP-33*WI-18 - Do You See What I See?then came "Back on the Breadline" in July 1988.

Lifter100, Electric Blue FINALLY got to No.1 after sitting at No.2 for 5 weeks behind "La Bamba", and was knocked off the top by the No.1 single of the entire 1980's "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.

Hi Bulion, thanks a lot. It's interesting to see that David and Jonathan had a handful of hits in Australia. You don't find such a wonderful song like 'Softly whispering I love you' in its original version in any chart in the world (later there was a hit version by the Congregation). These profilic songwriters who wrote big hits for Gene Pitney, the Hollies, Cliff Richard, the Fortunes (Blue Mink of course) etc. should have deserved to fare better. I specially liked 'Ten Storeys high' that went nowhere.

1."Fame" did not chart in Australia the first time around in 1975.2. The dates are chart entry dates, and are from the AMR.3. Below are the Bowiesque requests:

Mott the Hoople:23-Oct-72*HP-60*WI-15 - All The Young Dudes (single)

Peter Noone:04-Oct-71*HP-100*WI-01 - Oh You Pretty Things (single)

Lulu:20-May-74*HP-81*WI-09 - The Man Who Sold The World (single)

Lou Reed:23-Apr-73*HP-100*WI-01 - Walk on the Wildside (single) * this track was a big airplay single, thus below you'll see how well "Transformer" did, but it only charted in Perth, and very low there. So such a classic does not rate high on the Oz Charts sadly.

Iggy Pop: 16-Mar-87*HP-11*WI-20 - Real Wild Child (single)

Tin Machine: *"Prisoner of Love" (single)* "Under The God" (single) * neither of these singles made either the ARIA or AMR charts

Mott the Hoople:19-Feb-73*HP-61*WI-07 - All The Young Dudes (album)22-Oct-73*HP-57*WI-03 - Mott (album)

26-Sep-64*HP-50*WI-10 - Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)07-Nov-64*HP-03*WI-15 - Leader of the Pack06-Mar-65*HP-93*WI-03 - Give Him a Great Big Kiss12-Feb-66*HP-94*WI-02 - I Can Never Go Home Any More20-May-67*HP-63*WI-05 - Leader of the Pack (R)02-Apr-73*HP-39*WI-11 - Leader of the Pack (R)

21-Apr-80*HP-25*WI-17 - Ride Like the Wind01-Sep-80*HP-46*WI-23 - Sailing30-Mar-81*HP-42*WI-12 - Never Be the Same12-Oct-81*HP-13*WI-24 - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)14-Mar-83*HP-30*WI-15 - All Right19-Mar-84*HP-100*WI-1 - Think of Laura03-Oct-88*HP-47*WI-19 - I Will (Take You Forever) (AMR info)

'Dancing In the Dark' is listed as being the #1 single for 1984 in David Kent's chart book, yet it only peaked at #5. Were his end of year charts based on chart-run/longevity rather than sales Even though it spent around 30 weeks on the chart in 1984, surely something else must have charted nearly as long that peaked higher?

I know it's possible for a single to chart higher on the end of year chart than its singles chart peak (case in point - Guns 'n' Roses' "November Rain" peaking at #5 but being the #2 single for 1992).

David's End of Year charts were based on the sales and points it had accumulated during the calendar period. Because of it's slow climb up the charts, and then long run within the Top 10, it did accumulate a LOT of points. I have previously calculated the Top 100 singles of 1984 using the points system (1 = 100 points, 2 = 99 points, etc), and Dancing in the Dark stills manages to be the No.1 single of 1984.

Weekly charts were not around until January 1949, so from 1940 to the end of 1948 I have used the date 01-Aug-43, meaning that it debuted in August 1943, to keep everything in line. Also MI means 'Months In' chart

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23-Mar-81*HP-47*WI-11 - Enola Gay01-Feb-82*HP-75*WI-14 - Souvenir12-July-82*HP-78*WI-08 - Maid of Orleans18-Jun-84*HP-30*WI-25 - Locomotion15-July-85*HP-56*WI-12 - So in Love26-May-86*HP-15*WI-19 - If You Leave13-Oct-86*HP-19*WI-22 - (Forever) Live and Die19-Jan-87*HP-18*WI-13 - We Love You14-Mar-88*HP-33*WI-18 - Dreamingthen came "Sailing on the 7 Seas" in May 1991.

27-Dec-82*HP-30*WI-15 - I Need You13-July-87*HP-07*WI-22 - When You Walk in the Room30-Nov-87*HP-33*WI-17 - Don't Shed a Tear11-Apr-88*HP-38*WI-15 - One Good Reason18-Dec-89*HP-90*WI-05 - I Live by the Groove

03-Oct-88*HP-07*WI-30 I Want Your Love21-Nov-88*HP-22*WI-17 Revolution Baby13-Feb-89*HP-52*WI-10 Tell That Girl To Shut Up15-May-89*HP-91*WI-02 Sister Moon05-Jun-89*HP-03*WI-23 Baby, I Don't Care11-Sep-89*HP-34*WI-09 The Only One20-Nov-89*HP-65*WI-05 Landslide Of Love12-Feb-90*HP-97*WI-03 Born To Be Sold13-May-91*HP-21*WI-11 (I Just Wanna) Be With You29-Jul-91*HP-51*WI-10 If Looks Could Kill

11-Mar-67*HP-03*WI-28 Release Me03-Jun-67*HP-38*WI-14 There Goes My Everything23-Sep-67*HP-01*WI-29 The Last Waltz13-Jan-68*HP-11*WI-18 Am I That Easy To Forget04-May-68*HP-05*WI-24 A Man Without Love12-Oct-68*HP-15*WI-16 Les Bicyclettes De Belsize/Three Little Words (I Love You)22-Feb-69*HP-63*WI-11 The Way It Used To Be30-Aug-69*HP-79*WI-07 I'm A Better Man06-Dec-69*HP-78*WI-11 Winter World Of Love10-Aug-70*HP-89*WI-03 My Marie23-Nov-70*HP-26*WI-27 Sweetheart28-Jun-71*HP-93*WI-01 When There's No You26-Jul-71*HP-96*WI-01 Our Love Will Rise Again27-Sep-71*HP-60*WI-07 Another Time, Another Place15-May-72*HP-52*WI-16 Too Beautiful To Last21-Aug-72*HP-91*WI-05 In Time25-Jun-73*HP-42*WI-12 I'm Leaving You14-Jul-75*HP-94*WI-02 For Ever And Ever (And Ever)10-Jan-77*HP-13*WI-22 After The Lovin'

30-Apr-79*HP-34*WI-15 Roxanne19-Nov-79*HP-98*WI-01 Can't Stand Losing You26-Nov-79*HP-05*WI-23 Message In A Bottle18-Feb-80*HP-09*WI-16 Walking On The Moon05-May-80*HP-99*WI-01 So Lonely03-Nov-80*HP-03*WI-22 Don't Stand So Close To Me26-Jan-81*HP-06*WI-15 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da02-Nov-81*HP-02*WI-18 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic01-Feb-82*HP-89*WI-03 Invisible Sun15-Mar-82*HP-50*WI-08 Spirits In The Material World20-Jun-83*HP-02*WI-21 Every Breath You Take05-Sep-83*HP-26*WI-12 Wrapped Around Your Finger20-Feb-84*HP-44*WI-09 King Of Pain24-Nov-86*HP-32*WI-13 Don't Stand So Close To Me '86

30-May-53*HP-11*WI-07 Have You Heard?20-Jun-53*HP-15*WI-04 Wishing Ring04-Jul-53*HP-08*WI-10 Your Cheatin' Heart25-Jul-53*HP-06*WI-10 Why Don't You Believe Me18-Jun-55*HP-05*WI-14 How Important Can It Be16-Nov-57*HP-54*WI-01 Summer Love13-Dec-58*HP-85*WI-07 There Goes My Heart16-May-59*HP-76*WI-08 There Must Be A Way20-Jun-59*HP-99*WI-01 I Still Get A Thrill09-Apr-60*HP-79*WI-03 Little Things Mean A Lot

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07-Nov-53*HP-08*WI-10 I Confess19-Mar-55*HP-04*WI-14 Make Yourself Comfortable18-Jun-55*HP-05*WI-15 How Important Can It Be28-Jul-56*HP-37*WI-03 That's Not The Kind Of Love I Want01-Jun-57*HP-10*WI-29 Mr.Wonderful02-Nov-57*HP-27*WI-11 Passing Strangers WITH BILLY ECKSTINE05-Sep-59*HP-08*WI-19 Broken Hearted Melody/Misty12-Dec-59*HP-45*WI-14 Smooth Operator09-Apr-60*HP-76*WI-05 Eternally03-Dec-60*HP-32*WI-13 Serenata

03-Sep-84*HP-17*WI-19 Love Resurrection19-Nov-84*HP-21*WI-19 All Cried Out18-Feb-85*HP-16*WI-14 Invisible06-May-85*HP-46*WI-11 That Ole Devil Called Love26-Jan-87*HP-13*WI-20 Is This Love?13-Apr-87*HP-30*WI-12 Weak In The Presence Of Beauty

24-Sep-79*HP-12*WI-18 Cruel To Be Kind24-Sep-84*HP-66*WI-17 Half A Boy & Half A Man13-Jan-86*HP-26*WI-32 I Knew The Bride(When She Used To Rock'N'Roll)16-Jul-90*HP-76*WI-07 All Men Are Liars

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DAVE EDMUNDS

11-Jan-71*HP-04*WI-22 I Hear You Knocking07-Aug-72*HP-05*WI-23 The Promised Land30-Apr-73*HP-48*WI-09 Baby, I Love You22-Oct-73*HP-96*WI-01 Born To Be With You27-Mar-78*HP-32*WI-13 I Knew The Bride27-Aug-79*HP-09*WI-24 Girls Talk24-Dec-79*HP-59*WI-12 Queen Of Hearts26-May-80*HP-67*WI-08 Singing The Blues

08-Dec-80*HP-30*WI-24 Baggy Trousers13-Jul-81*HP-82*WI-06 Grey Day01-Mar-82*HP-06*WI-24 It Must Be Love02-Aug-82*HP-05*WI-15 House Of Fun27-Sep-82*HP-20*WI-10 Driving My Car31-Jan-83*HP-17*WI-15 Our House30-May-83*HP-98*WI-02 Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)14-Nov-83*HP-72*WI-04 Wings Of A Dove21-Oct-85*HP-54*WI-08 Yesterday's Men25-May-92*HP-55*WI-10 It Must Be Love03-Aug-92*HP-74*WI-03 House Of Fun

06-Nov-89*HP-92*WI-02 Most Wanted Man In The World(MESSENGERS)01-Apr-91*HP-92*WI-03 Don't Start Me Talking (MESSENGERS)11-May-92*HP-62*WI-09 Hey Boys (MESSENGERS)31-Oct-93*HP-93*WI-03 Last Train WITH CHRISTINE ANU06-Feb-94*HP-87*WI-05 Song From The Sixteenth Floor25-May-97*HP-69*WI-10 Tease Me/It Started With A Kiss

Hey, I'm in an early 80s new-wave frame of mind -- how about Joe Jackson, Graham Parker (doubt it, but "Hold Back The Night" may have just barely charted), the Go-Gos, Simple Minds and the Psychedelic Furs? Thanks!

I'm a Yank, and I can give some insight into the situation over here. Many classic rock songs didn't chart well, or at all, because of the different radio formats. The "pop" charts and radio, driven by singles releases, were and are quite distinct from the "rock" charts and stations. "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin, "Break On Through" by the Doors are two big classics that still get play on classic rock stations because they were big hits on rock stations in their original runs, but neither charted on the pop charts, ("Stairway to Heaven" was never released as a single, and therefore was ineligible to chart). In 1981, Billboard debuted a chart devoted to the top songs on rock radio, but many rock classics from before that time are not reflected by their peak positions on the pop charts.

There also are a few cases of revisionism, as well. Of particular not are old Metallica songs, such as "Fade to Black" and "Master of Puppets," which were not played on rock radio in their initial runs, except for those stations which featured specialty metal shows. However, many of these stations began adding them to their classic rotation lists in the wake of Metallica's breakout success with its self-titled "Black" album in 1991.

18-Jun-79*HP-15*WI-19 - Is She Really Going Out With Him?09-Jun-80*HP-85*WI-03 - It's Different for Girls14-Sep-81*HP-61*WI-08 - Jumpin' Jive30-Aug-82*HP-06*WI-21 - Real Men22-Nov-82*HP-30*WI-15 - Steppin' Out02-May-83*HP-90*WI-06 - Breaking Us in Two21-May-84*HP-47*WI-16 - Happy Ending06-Aug-84*HP-96*WI-02 - You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Got)09-Jun-86*HP-64*WI-08 - Right and Wrong30-Jun-86*HP-35*WI-10 - Left of Centre (Suzanne Vega feat..)06-Mar-89*HP-87*WI-04 - (He's a) Shape in a Drape05-Jun-89*HP-79*WI-06 - Nineteen Forever

hi there, l'm hoping someone here may be able to help me find the name of a song l liked 20+ years ago. I've been searching on and off for the last 2 years (since l got internet) all to no avail.

This song was released sometime between 1986-1988, l've got a feeling that it is more 1987 though. It was a one-hit wonder and quickly burst onto the charts and then out again. I remember seeing it on Countdown and it definitely did make the Top 10 either at number 7 or 9, l'm thinking it was 9. I vaguely recall that it was out around the time songs from Dirty Dancing made the charts.

In the video clip, the singer was a black dude, kinda looked like an older Lionel Ritchie with a beard l think, he was wearing a white suit. I think his name had Leonard in it, whether it's his first name or surname l dunno, but l could be totally off base here name wise. There were girls dancing in the clip and l'm sure there were colourful geometrical shapes and numbers floating about also between an alternating black and white background.

It was dancy-funky track, not fast though and l vaguely remember that some of the lyrics referred to dancing, to numbers like steps (1,2, 3, 4 etc) and l'm sure something like that "she's dangerous" or something to do with danger were in the chorus.

Has anyone got any ideas of what this song is? or other resources where l may be able to find it? I really want to tick this off my "bucket list"!

Ginny, I won't be doing Frank Sinatra, as that's over 100 songs, maybe when I have more time, but not for now. Al Martino and Johnny Mathis will also be done, but not for now as they are too big to type up.

17-Dec-84*HP-46*WI-16 - Gimme Some Loving15-Apr-85*HP-45*WI-12 - House Of Cards26-Aug-85*HP-48*WI-11 - Giver Of Life09-Dec-85*HP-35*WI-12 - Sounds Of Then 05-May-86*HP-60*WI-09 - The Bigger They Are02-Feb-87*HP-69*WI-07 - Initiation24-Aug-87*HP-87*WI-04 - American Money

01-Sep-86*HP-14*WI-20 - So Macho26-Oct-87*HP-49*WI-15 - Toy Boy21-Mar-88*HP-62*WI-06 - GTO06-Jun-88*HP-62*WI-10 - Cross My Broken Heart17-Jul-89*HP-06*WI-19 - Right Back Where We Started From27-Nov-89*HP-97*WI-01 - Love On A Mountain Top

15-Jun-81*HP-06*WI-21 - Making Your Mind Up14-Sep-81*HP-26*WI-19 - Piece Of The Action21-Dec-81*HP-15*WI-22 - The Land Of Make Believe24-May-82*HP-63*WI-10 - My Camera Never Lies26-Jul-82*HP-93*WI-02 - Are You Ready07-Feb-83*HP-93*WI-03 - If You Can't Stand The Heat

07-Jun-82*HP-04*WI-20 - Poison Arrow13-Sep-82*HP-07*WI-18 - The Look of Love29-Nov-82*HP-21*WI-19 - All of My Heart19-Dec-83*HP-63*WI-11 - That Was Then But This is Now27-July-87*HP-25*WI-21 - When Smokey Sings

Blancmange:

14-Feb-83*HP-05*WI-15 - Living on the Ceiling04-July-83*HP-99*WI-02 - Waves

How did Vicky Carr, Boney M, Frank Mills, Mike Oldfield, Greg Guidry, Pat Metheny and Franke & The Knockouts do? And did Everything But The Girl and Adeval have any charting songs before 1989? I seem to remember "Respect" by Adeva but don't know if it charted?

hey i just found out about this site from a few frinds of mine and it looks cool. i was looking at this forum and i would like to know about the chart positions for tight fit, big country, wet wet wet, flying lizards and rose tattoo. i'm really keen to find out about their peak positions

And while I'm thinking about it, did those legendary fake Australians, The Strangeloves, ever actually chart in their ... ahem ... home country? (They also issued records as The Beach Nuts and as Rome and Paris)

13-Jun-77*HP-18*WI-22 - Lost in France16-Jan-78*HP-01*WI-21 - It's a Heartache08-May-78*HP-96*WI-05 - Heaven03-July-78*HP-99*WI-02 - Here Am I10-Sep-79*HP-84*WI-06 - Married Men02-May-83*HP-01*WI-21 - Total Eclipse of the Heart04-July-83*HP-69*WI-10 - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?02-Apr-84*HP-21*WI-15 - A Rockin' Good Way (w/ Shakin' Stevens)04-Jun-84*HP-44*WI-09 - Holding Out for a Hero26-May-86*HP-77*WI-10 - If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)

Looks like The Strangeloves just barely made it on to the charts. I wonder what the reaction was at the time to their ludicrously fake back-story? Did it help them or hurt them?

(For those who don't know, The Strangeloves were three New York-based writer/producers. With the British Invasion on in full swing, and "foreign" acts dominating American airwaves, the three producers decided to re-invent themselves as exotic Australian beat group "The Strangeloves". Press releases indicated The Strangeloves were three Australian brothers who made a fortune as sheep farmers, then turned to music. To disguise themselves, the producers wore shaggy wigs, and spoke in fairly ludiricous "Australian" accents ... and apparently were able to pull off the ruse in America, where they had a number of top 40 hits! One of the Strangeloves, Richard Gottehrer, went on to co-found Sire Records, and produce acts like Blondie and Marshall Crenshaw, as well as actual Australians Mental As Anything.)

Discovered this a few weeks ago. Outstanding site. Was wondering if there was a site that allowed you to type in a date and then be shown the Top 40 (or Top any number) as at that date?

A request: Boom Crash Opera

In case people weren't aware, in January every year, "Rage" on the ABC devotes its Saturday night (11.30pm-6am) programming to 70s and 80s tunes, with a focus on random "Countdown" episodes from that time. I know it's a bit late for 2009 but there will be one more shot at watching/taping some of that this coming Saturday.

28-Apr-86*HP-05*WI-18 - Great Wall05-Aug-86*HP-16*WI-12 - Hands Up in the Air22-Jun-87*HP-42*WI-10 - City Flat21-Sep-87*HP-32*WI-13 - Her Charity14-Mar-88*HP-72*WI-08 - Love Me to Deaththen came "Onion Skin" in June 1989.

27-Oct-75*HP-98*WI-01 * If You Think You Know How to Love Me22-Dec-75*HP-50*WI-21 * Don't Play Your Rock 'N' Roll to Me28-Feb-77*HP-02*WI-23 - Living Next Door to Alice27-Jun-77*HP-11*WI-19 - Lay Back in the Arms of Someone10-Oct-77*HP-07*WI-19 - It's Your Life09-Jan-78*HP-07*WI-20 - Needles and Pins29-May-78*HP-57*WI-10 - For a Few Dollars More24-July-78*HP-05*WI-27 - Oh, Carol06-Nov-78*HP-19*WI-21 - Mexican Girl28-May-79*HP-16*WI-15 - Do to Me10-Dec-79*HP-60*WI-14 - Babe, it's Up to You28-July-80*HP-48*WI-21 - Take Good Care of My Baby* shown as Smokey

28-Nov-83*HP-60*WI-10 - New Song16-Apr-84*HP-31*WI-21 - What is Love?08-Oct-84*HP-16*WI-19 - Like to Get to Know You Well01-Apr-85*HP-11*WI-17 - Things Can Only Get Better24-Jun-85*HP-20*WI-15 - Look Mama02-Sep-85*HP-33*WI-10 - Life in One Day14-Apr-86*HP-09*WI-19 - No One is to Blame10-Nov-86*HP-83*WI-04 - All I Want26-Jan-87*HP-61*WI-06 - You Know I Love You... Don't You?

Before this thread is closed for viewing only, I'll fulfill the last request made by Michelle;

(Blondie was done on 3-Oct-08)

Steve Winwood:

16-Mar-81*HP-16*WI-16 - While You See a Chance04-Oct-82*HP-90*WI-03 - Still in the Game27-Dec-82*HP-98*WI-04 - Valerie11-Aug-86*HP-08*WI-17 - Higher Love16-Feb-87*HP-87*WI-04 - Back in the High Life Again22-Jun-87*HP-55*WI-09 - The Finer Things21-Dec-87*HP-19*WI-15 - Valerie (Re-Recording)then came "Roll With it" in June 1988